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<br />000688 <br /> <br />5. Do the Ground Rules, Assumptions andAnalysis Procedures under which the CFOPS <br />investigation has been conducted provide sufficient basis on which to develop a <br />CFOPS recommendation? Or, do additional Ground Rules need to be developed? <br /> <br />6. Comments focused on the situation in which an average of wet year would follow a <br />drought year and the peak flow in the average year/wet year would be in the target <br />range of 12,900 to 26,000 cfs. In this situation, concern was expressed about the <br />reluctance of operators to bypass inflows. The Service indicates in their comment 5 <br />(pages 2-3) indicates: I believe that the Service would have no problem with language in any <br />agreement worked out to allow reservoirs to opt out o/participating in peak-flowaugrnentation under <br />these conditionso From the standpoint of the Consultant Team, this offer by the Service <br />should considerably reduce the risk placed on CFOPS participants. <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The purpose of this memo is to provide: (1) a response to comments received from: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Denver Water <br />Western Slope (Ray D. Tenney) <br />Bureau of Reclamation (Brent Uilenberg and Malcolm Wilson) <br />Division 5 Engineer's Office (Alan Martellaro) <br />Dan Luecke <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />and (2) a draft recommendation for the Executive Committee's consideration. <br /> <br />2.0 RESPONSE TO COMMENTS <br /> <br />2.1 Responses to Specific Comments <br /> <br />Responses to specific comments are attached in Track Changes format for each of the responses <br />received. <br /> <br />2.2 General Summary of Comments <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />A discussion of the protocols or "rules" under which CFOPS would be conducted needs to <br />take place. USFWS will be the final decision-maker here, but the Executive Committee <br />should consider this in formulating its recommendations. <br /> <br />2. While CFOPS is voluntary, does it supersede CROS? <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />3. An insurance pool must be part of the final recommendation. <br /> <br />P:\Data \GEN\CWCB\19665\Report Phase 2\ Technical Memorandum No. 12\TechMemo12.2.28.03.doc <br /> <br />3 <br />